By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: BJD Boss and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has kept controversial Party leaders out from Dhamnagar bypolls campaigning, polling for which slated for November 3. BJD has nominated 40 star campaigners for the ensuing bye-election to Dhamnagar Assembly Constituency in Bhadrak.
Of the BJD list, names of 3 leading figures , including Kendrapara MP Anubhav Moahnty, State School and Mass Education Minister Samir Dash and former Minister and MLA Pratap Jena not figured in the final list.
While Anubhav Mohanty was in new for his marital discord with his estranged wife, Varsha Priyadarshini, which was not solved yet and MP Mohanty was even seen in party meetings.
Minister Samir Dash , has been under scanner for his dubious role in Zilla Parishad member Dharmendra Sahu murder case while former Minister and MLA Pratap Jena courted controversy after his name surfaced in connection with blackmailer , Arachana Nag Chand’s honeytrap scandal , that rocked Odisha’s politics since past weeks.
However, another controversial figure, former Minister and MLA Dibya Mishra, who was dropped from the Naveen Patnaik’s cabinet following Mamita Meher case, figured in the campaign list.
Here’s the list of BJD star campaigners for Dhamnagar bypoll
1. Naveen Patnaik
2. Pranab Prakash Das
3. Prasanna Acharya
4. Debi Prasad Mishra
5. Ranendra Pratap Swain
6. Prafulla Samal
7. Pramila Mallick
8. Pratap Keshari Deb
9. Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak
10. Ashok Chandra Panda
11. Amar Pasad Satpathy
12. Arun Kumar Sahoo
13. Pritiranjan Gharai
14. Rajendra Dholkia
15. Snehangini Chhuria
16. Sudam Marndi
17. Pranab Balabantaray
18. Byomokesh Ray
19. Dibya Shankar Mishra
20. Aswini Patra
21. Mujibullah Khan (Muna)
22. Sarmistha Sethi
23. Manjulata Mandal
24. Sulata Deo
25. Devi Ranjan Tripathy
26. Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi
27. Parsuram Dhada
28. Ashok Bal
29. Sunanda Das
30. Akash Dasnayak
31. Muktikanta Mandal
32. Satyabrata Tripathy
33. Arundam Ray
34. Sanjeeb Mallick
35. Bishnubrata Routray
36. Srimayee Sweta Snigdha Mishra
37. Chinmay Sahoo
38. Amresh Patri
39. Elina Das
40. Sofia Alam
